Nine persons, according to initial reports from the authorities, were hurt early on Friday during the off-campus party. The Advocate said that Deputy Chief Myron Daniels announced during a news conference late on Friday that two more people had been hurt. The 11 victims, according to the police, had non-life-threatening injuries.
According to news sources, the two males arrested were named as Daryl Stansberry, 28, and Miles Moss, 24, and each is accused with 11 charges of being an accessory after attempting first-degree murder and unlawful weapon usage. It was unknown if either were represented by an attorney who could speak on their behalf. They're being held in the East Baton Rouge Parish jail.
A motive for the shooting was not released, but Daniels said investigators believe it was "an isolated incident." A police spokesman said it appeared to have resulted from something that happened at an annual party, hosted by Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, and not as a result of an ongoing feud.
No explanation for the shooting was given, but according to Daniels, authorities think it was "an isolated event." According to a police spokesman, it doesn't seem to be the consequence of an ongoing dispute but rather something that happened at the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity's annual celebration.The "Kappa Luau" has had violent endings before. LSU basketball player Wayde Sims was shot and killed at the off-campus party in 2018.
Hours after the incident on Friday, Southern University stressed in a statement that the party was not a school-sponsored event and that the shooting did not take place on the university's property..
Southern University police said officers would beef up security at remaining homecoming events that included Saturday's homecoming football game against Virginia-Lynchburg. The game kicks off at 4 p.m.
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